On 2012-06-22, at 4:20 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 6/22/2012 3:24 PM, Yury Selivanov wrote: >> On 2012-06-22, at 3:18 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > >>> Hardly, because that's not valid syntax. I'd write name(arg1, *, >>> arg2=<default>). >> >> Like >> >> replace(*, name=<default>, kind=<default>, default=<default>, >> annotation=<default>) -> Parameter >> >> or >> >> replace(*, name=<optional>, kind=<optional>, default=<optional>, >> annotation=<optional>) -> Parameter > > I do not undertand the 'or'. I hope you mean default argument expressions in > the standard manner rather than '<default>' or '<optional>'.
It's now in the updated PEP. We use '<optional>' notation just to specify that the parameter is optional, i.e. can (or in some cases should) be omitted. - Yury _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
